Fields v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish,

Derrick Fields appeals an Unemployment Comsation Board of Review Order denying him benefits because of willful misconduct under Section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §802(e). We remand.

During Fields’ ten-month employment with the Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital (Institute), he reported late for work on 28 occasions. He had been repeatedly warned and had once been suspended. On July 21, 1979, he was notified in writing that his job would be terminated if he…